Comparative Philosophy & Ethics Essays, Research Papers & Term Papers (264) essays
Comparative Philosophy & Ethics essays:
Respect for others, MAinly on self respect
... little bit," and most should give just that. Unfortunately, a lot of the time, this does not happen. Perhaps this is because the concept of respect is not understood. What exactly is respect? To esteem anything is to evaluate it positively and hold it in high regard ...
True Diversity.
... thought processes forever. Once an ethical issue arises, you may have little time to react thus causing your intuition to take over. A person with strong morals, values and beliefs tend to make the right decision quickly. There are several different definitions of Ethics within the dictionary ...
Transcendentalism at a Glance, The comparison between Ralph Waldo Emerson's writings, and a Cat Stevens song.
... culture. Ralph Waldo Emerson's writings were the basis of the transcendental beliefs in the United States. He traveled around Europe and heard Samuel Taylor Coleridge speak about his own beliefs; Emerson was enthralled and soon returned to the United States to spread the information that believers ...
Truth.
... thoughts on events. Opinions prevail, as powerful figureheads decide what we inhale. And is this ethical? Through studies of Frontline and other sources, we see the relationships between those who hold the key, and the lock in which it is placed. Pushing the boundaries of truth and reality ...
Miracles happening in today's world? It is all a matter of faith.
... believe in miracles, no modern historian fills his or her books with accounts of miraculous events. It is improbable that the report of even a single miracle would find its way into such texts today. Indeed, only those who cater to the superstitious and ...
What is Right and Wrong?
... and beliefs. "Tolerance is a virtue and morality is relative to its culture" (18). Subjective relativism, the third thesis in Pojman's article, declares that "morality is in the eye of the beholder" (17). Right and wrong still do not have an authoritative definition. Morality falls upon the ...
The problem with free will
... and those physical circumstances (conditions) are replicated again exactly, the same action will repeat (same cause, same effect) Indeterminists, on the other hand, hold the belief ...
Comparative: Smith and Marx's to Kierkegaard and Dostoevsky's view of god and religion.
... the contradiction between faith and ethics, Kierkegaard urges man to venture beyond ethics and perform religious duty. His example, Abraham(the knight of faith), communicates man's ability to attain the highest echelon of faith by completely abandoning oneself in trust and belief ...
Ancient and Modern Philosophy.
... the mind came the idea of law. The Persians believed that the Greeks were enslaved by it, but they were assumingly right in believing that a society without law becomes chaos. Many other things such as science and mathematics were born from the Greek society. The ...
Liberty, Equality, and Justice.
... states that basic rights and liberties should be as extensive as possibly could, to each individual. Rawls' stated, second that any social and economic indifference should be made equal in any position, while providing the greatest benefits to the poverty-stricken. The beliefs of Berlin and ...